"We achieve high quality and reproducible results most of the time. We have however, on multiple occasions had the micro tubes being clogged even though proper maintenance had been performed on the instruments."

"The product is easy to use and provides the ability to scale up the plates used in the assay due to the automation abilities of the stacker. Result are reproducible with the replicates that are run in the assays."

Application Area:Handling and De-lidding Plates for the Multiflo and Synergy4 Plate Reader

"The stacker is consistent and never has any issues. I like the wrist action. The one thing that seems inefficient is the lidding and de-lidding I feel like there are a lot of extra movements that could save time if it was more efficient, but overall the operation never has issues and it is easy to use. "

"This is a great addition to the BioTek plate washer, if you are washing more than 2-3 plates on a routine basis. It frees up your time to prepare the reagents for the next step. However, if you are running a single plate, it can get a little annoying. It needs to cycle itself before it moves the first plate and this adds time to the process. The BioStack can be attached to the washer several different ways and this may allow you to by-pass the equipment for washing a single plate."

"This is a great instrument. We use it for ELISA assays - plates coating, plates washing during assay run. Easy to use, reliable, easy to take care of. Instruments (we have 2) are used daily and we can't run ELISA assays without using them. The only thing I will change - black paint. Sometimes we saw some tiny black paint particles in my plates when we were using stand to load plates. I think silver metal will look good too - or maybe you simply need to change paint?"

"Biotek plate stacker has been one of the most used instruments in our company for more than 2 years. It has been an excellent value for money (including great service). It has been consistently providing us with results with minimal to no error. Due to this, our custom coated plates are one of the highest selling components that brings in more than 20% of the annual revenue. "

I definitely cannot live in the lab without the BioStack Microplate Stacker. It is by far the most helpful equipment in our lab.

Rating: 5.0

Application Area:ELISA assays

"This stacker was one of the best investment this laboratory has ever done. It is easy to use especially when one is handling a dozen of plates at a time. It is fast and easy to operate. We have been using this equipment for 6 months and We never had any malfunctioning issues. I would recommend this equipment to everyone who does heavy ELISA work. I had recommended already for all my colleagues working in similar field. "

"The stacker was set-up and aligned with our Biotek Synergy Neo by the Biotek service person and away we went. It is very easy to use. The plate loading takes a little time to get used to, but overall a great stacker for our high-throughput screening core plate reader. "

The stacker saves so much time it has become an extra pair of hands in the lab.

Rating: 4.3

Application Area:Used with plate washer.

"The BioStack Microplate Stacker in conjunction with the plate washer allows me to load Elisa plates into the stacker and have the plates washed and re-stacked in the same order. The time spent washing and stacking the plate allows me to complete other things in the lab. "

I really love the stacker and can't wait for us to buy one of the newer ones as well!

Rating: 5.0

Application Area:Coat many plates with antibody or blocker for ELISA production

"The stacker is something we use almost every day for the last 5 years or so, and has only ever given us problems when we accidentally pour buffer into it! When we treat it reasonably, it works like a charm. Occasionally though, we would have a plate fail to drop down, and our service tech Marius explained that this was because we were using it with break-away plates rather than the solid plates it is usually used with. He came up with a solution of putting tiny pads on the ends of the feet that take a plate down from the stack, and this worked wonders to solve that problem. Thank you Marius! "

Have two Elx50s, two stackers, MicroFill dispenser, 405 washer- Recommend all the equipment Very happy

Rating: 5.0

Application Area:For coating Microtiter plates for ELISA

"The Biotek team is awesome.
Brian Murphy is the best. He is very helpful. Always available, solves any problems and question I have.
The engineer did a great job in setting up my system.
Real positive company- Great people to work with and great products.
If you were a public company, I would buy stock in it.
PS I recommend giving Brian a rise!!!!
"

"The Bio-Stack is used with a e406 plate washer. The stacker saves time and automates the process of Washing ELISA plates. There are seldom problems with the plates stacking or restacking and various 96-well plates are used with no problem with plates from different manufacturers. I would recommend the Bio-Stack."

"It is invaluable when running serology. We are able to load the plates onto the BioStack and walk away, freeing us up to work on something else while the plates are washing. We used to have to sit in front of the plate washer and load plates on one at the time."

"Occasionally the plate stacker and microplate reader will not initiate communication, but a simple restart is generally all that is required and then once going the two seems to be bulletproof and allow me to run multiple plates and replicates back to back!"

"Yes, I achieved reproducible results, but the stacker component can be difficult to set up if the alignment of the plates are not exactly perfect. Overall it was good for saving time and being reproducible once it was set up right. Also, customer support was good, but again the stacker component needs to be on a very level surface for it to operate correctly. "

Once stacker is perfectly aligned to the washer, it is very easy to use.

Rating: 4.0

Application Area:High throughput screening, ELISAs

"When the instrument was initially set up, we had a lot of issues with the stacker not placing the plates on the washer correctly. The plates would then crash and it would disrupt the run. A month later, a new washer was connected to the stacker and the stacker now works perfectly, no plate misplacement."

Great help in the lab! I don't know how we ran large multi plate experiments without it!

Rating: 5.0

Application Area:Analyze reactivity in custom antibodies

"The Biostack is very easy to use, it becomes second nature. It allows us to set up our plates for washing then I can walk away while it washes! I will re-plan experiments (to another day) if this instrument is not available when I need to run multi plate Elisas, because it makes that much of a difference to your work day. It cuts out hands on time freeing you to do things as they wash not stand there while they wash."

"It's a fast pate stacker and it works just fine with other BioTek Products (we have it hooked up to a 406). It presents and removes plates, but also can reshuffle, which is great if you want to automate an entire ELISA workflow."

"The stacker is very helpful when you have a large load of plates. I am using strip-well 96 well plates which are not recommended by Biotek but the stacker works well with these types of plates a swell as solid plates."

"This stacker is very simple to program and operate through a PC based software. It is a very reliable machine. Its open format allows for easy cleaning and maintenance and the release mechanism is up front and easily accessible for rapid removal and installation of the stacks. "